Edwin Vose Sumner Jr.

Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. (16 August 1835-23 August 1912) was a US Army general during the Plains Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War.

Biography
Edwin Vose Sumner Jr. was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1835, the son of Edwin V. Sumner and the older brother of Samuel S. Sumner. He served in the US Army cavalry during the American Civil War, and he was promoted to major in 1864 following the Battle of Todd's Tavern. After the war ended in 1865, he fought in the Plains Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War, retiring on 30 March 1899 after 37 years of service. He died in San Francisco, California in 1912.